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Baubles, Bangles and Beads Lyrics by Doretta Morrow, Kismet Ensemble

Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1953

[MARSINAH, spoken]
So many beautiful things!
What shall I buy?
[BANGLE MAN]
Baubles, bangles and beads!
[MERCHANTS (GROUP 1)]
Marsinah, buy from me!
[MERCHANTS (GROUP 2)]
Marsinah, buy from me!
[MERCHANTS (GROUP 3)]
Marsinah, lovely
[ALL TOWNSPEOPLE]
Marsinah, Marsinah, buy!
[SILK MERCHANT 1 & 2]
Worms work on a Chinese terrace
Worms dream of a happy heiress
[SILK MERCHANT 1 & 2]
Wearing their wares! (Wearing their wares!)
Answer their pray'rs! (Answer their pray'rs!)
[BANGLE MAN, SILK MERCHANT 1 & 2]
Baubles, bangles and beads! (Buy our silk wares!)
[MARSINAH]
Baubles, bangles
Hear how they jing, jing-a-ling-a
Baubles, bungles, bright shiny beads!
[MERCHANTS (GROUP 1)]
Marsinah, buy from me!
[MERCHANTS (GROUP 2)]
Marsinah, buy from me!
[MERCHANTS (GROUP 3)]
Marsinah, lovely
[ALL TOWNSPEOPLE]
Marsinah, Marsinah, buy!
[PEARL MERCHANT]
Think upon the Macedonian oyster
Having indigestion in his watery cloister
So that Marsinah could have a pearl
[PEARL MERCHANT & BANGLE MAN]
A pearl, a pearl! (Baubles, bangles and beads!)
[MARSINAH]
Baubles, bangles
Hear how they jing, jing-al-ing-a
Baubles, bangles, bright shiny beads
Sparkles, spangles
My heart will sing, sing-a-ling-a
Wearing baubles, bangles and beads
I'll glitter and gleam so
Make somebody dream
So that someday, he may
Buy me a ring, ring-a-ling-a
I've heard that's where it leads
Wearing baubles, bangles and beads
[TOWNSWOMEN]
Ah!
[TOWNSMEN]
Ah!
[TOWNSWOMEN]
Baubles, bangles
Hear how they jing, jing-al-ing-a
Baubles, bangles, bright shiny beads
[TOWNSWOMEN & TOWNSMEN]
Sparkles, spangles
My heart will sing, sing-a-ling-a
Wearing baubles, bangles and beads
[MARSINAH]
I'll glitter and gleam so
Make somebody dream
So that
[MARSINAH, TOWNSMEN & TOWNSWOMEN]
Someday
He may (Hm)
Buy me a ring, ring-a-ling-a (Hm)
I've heard that's where it leads (Ah!)
[TOWNSWOMEN & TOWNSMEN]
That's where it leads
Wearing amulets, necklaces
Stars in one's hair!
[MARSINAH]
Wearing baubles, bangles and beads
[BANGLE MAN]
Wearing baubles, bangles and beads
Credits
Doretta Morrow

Doretta Morrow

Kismet Ensemble

Kismet Ensemble

About “Baubles, Bangles and Beads” by Doretta Morrow

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